See it if
You want to see courageous, timely work by an ensemble exploring the price of one woman's sexual independence & ownership of her body.

Don't see it if
You can't deal with explicit sexual themes, or expect more physically explicit porn in this honest look at the effects of that industry.

Also
The result of a two-year collaboration between director Heckler & her three actors, Exposed examines the journey of a Duke co-ed who briefly combined the celebration of her own sexuality with the financial practicality of paying tuition by entering the porn film industry.

A hard, clear look at the simultaneous objectification, adoration, rejection & betrayal women experience sexually—not to mention the cost of education in the US, the play manages to be both searing & funny, the inventive sexual choreography comical & brutal.

Sherrow is terrific as roommate & pornstar, Phillips earnest but uneven, best as the S&M top, Heckler's direction smooth.

But—Sarah Raimondi gives a subtle, brave & incredibly textured performance, a sleight of hand bit of magic so in the moment that one doesn't realize the full experiential arc she's run—from randy teenager to naïve, financially oppressed co-ed to disillusioned adult—until one hears her voice replayed at the end. It's an impressive turn; go.... Read moreRead less